做題目，學單詞

{1}. Q: What can pierce one’s ears without a hole？

A: Noise.

pierce 刺穿，刺破piercing 刺耳的

{2}. Q: If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter，and another quarter，and then still another quarter，how much would you have left?

A: 4.25.

quarter 四分之一； 二十五美分

{3}. Q: What bird lifts heavy things？

A: A Crane.

crane 鶴；起重機

{4}. Q: What’s the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole？

A: The whole world.

a world of difference 天壤之別

{5}. Q: What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory？

A: People make faces there.

make faces 做鬼臉； 做鐘面

{6}. Q: What can I do to avoid falling hair？

A: Get out of the way where the hair’s falling.

avoid falling hair 有兩種理解：防止頭發脫落；避開（從上面）掉下來的頭發

{7}. Q: What do girls find the easiest to part with？

A: A comb.

part with 放棄（尤指不自愿地）； 用……分頭路或發縫

{8}. Q: What do elephants use to communicate with each other？

A: Big words.

big words 真正的含義是：比較正式的大詞

{9}. Q: What makes fish the smartest animal in the world？

A: No one can pull its leg.

pull one’s leg 真正的含義是：使上當受騙

{10}. Q: What makes the little strawberry worried？

A: It’s afraid to be in a jam.

jam 果醬；塞車

{11}. Q: Something went wrong with the second hand of my watch. Where can I have it replaced？

A: In a second?鄄hand store.

second?鄄hand 二手貨的，舊的second hand 秒針

{12}. Q: Why are writers like postmen？

A: They are all men of letters.

men of letters 文人letter 字母

{13}. Q: What’s the best thing to take when you’re run?鄄down？

A: The license number of the car that hit you.

take 吃（藥）；記下來be run?鄄down 身體不適

be run down 被撞到

{14}. Q: What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator？

A: Pepper.

hot 熱的；辣的

{15}. Q: What is the best year for a kangaroo？

A: Leap year.

kangaroo 袋鼠leap 跳躍

leap year 閏年

{16}. Q: What surprising things happen everywhere every day？

A: Day breaks without falling; night falls without breaking.

fall 摔下來；降臨break 破碎

daybreak 破曉

編輯/希卡魯